Stocking



UNITEDSTATE militia Aug. 3,, 1931 STOCKING.

JohnM. nous, Jenkintown,

Application November 28, 1934, Serial No. 755,116

renal. (oi. Bil-r183) Thisinv ention relates to stockings and in particular to stocking'sthat are sell-sustaining upon theleg oithe wearer mStOCklllgS of thecustomary construction requiregarters, such as those of the elastic band typeor of the. clasp type, fortheir support, and i this results in inconvenience to the wearer and may also 2 result, particularlyrin the case of clasp type garters, in damage to the stocking.

1 l0 1 .1 It is the general object of my invention to modiiy the construction of stockings in such a manner that they are self-sustaining and so that garters or other supporting accessoriesare unnecessary; thereby I avoiding the inconvenience a l and damage due to such accessories used for the supporter stockings. For this purpose I provide on a stocking, and formed as an integral part thereof, sectionsadapted to fulfill all the supporting functions of garters or other supporting odevicesp we p c i i For the attainment of the above-mentioned object and such other objects as will hereinafter.

appear or be pointed out, I have illustrated one embodiment of my invention in the drawing, in Figurel is aview or astocking constructed in accordance with my invention, shown applied to the legof a wearer; and i Figure 2 is a view showing the fabric of my stocking as it would appear after leaving the I l fashioned. machine used for its manufacture, and. before seaming of the same to'produce a -fi:o'ished stocking. l r

My inventionhas been illustrated by way of example in connection with a t ree quarter length stocking, in which the welt is asingle layer fabric or the typesetforth, in my Patent 1,833,705. Howeverit will be understoodthat my invention is of broader application than to such specific example, whichis illustrative merely, and that the disclosure hereinis not to be interpreted 1 ina limiting sense; j i c By referring to Figure 1 it will be observed that the stocking there shown comprises a weltpor- 45 tion I tencircling the leg of a wearer atthenarrowest portion thereof below: the knee but above the swell oi the calf,this stoclring belng oi? the type ordinarilydesignatedasa three-quarter a length stocking and that it further comprises so the customary leg and foot portions, Wand it respectively. H i

Referring now to Figure 2 for the details of my invention it will be observed that the welt portion shown therein comprises a section of Eli uniform transverse width, and having a plain the finished stocking it will have a plied, ,and at the same time it as to pass over when the stocking is drawn thereover.

. wearers leg, and du this dimension tomary, to group the stockings into various sizes,

these stockings.

be made otherwise. knit throughout. i H To secure the necessary gripping action without lnterleringwith the stretch necessary in order knitband l1, and a lace-work band It, and a a reinforcement 20 below the lacework. This welt portion is made of such transverse widththat in circumier ential extent that will adapt itto grip-that portion of the 'leg of the wearer to which it-is apis made elastic enough to exert a resilient gripping action and so the widest portion of the leg cumferential extent of the welt portion will natit is found convenient, as cuseach one suitable'iora definite range of leg circum f erences. of example, 240 needles, corresponding roughly to a circumiferenceoi 12 inches are actually used in knitting the weltportion oiione sizeoi. The height on longitudinal extent of the welt section will also vary the wearers leg. Generally a height of the order of two inches would be adequate. i While the welt portion H is shown as comprising the plain knit section work section |9,.-it will be obvious that it may For instance it may be plain that the welt may pass over the calf portion, the yarn must be sufficiently strong and the charester of knitting such that it will give the necessary yield and elasticity. For this purpose,to give an actual example by wayof illustration,por-

tion I1 may consistof. 8 thread yarn while the lace work l9 may consist of 14 thread yarn.

The leg portion I3 is shown as having a central urally be determined by the circumference o! the to the greatvariation oi To give concrete figures; by way I1 and the lace- 1 section of such characteristics that it will fit wearer, and for this purpose it may beconsiderably wider than the welt portion just described. For example, where the welt portion is knitted with 240 needles, corresponding to a circum ference of about 12 /2 inches, 304 needles corre.

sponding to a circumference of about 15 inches. may he used for the section 26. While an in? creased diameter is disclosed herein itwill be understood that the desired characteristics may also be attained otherwise, as will bepointed out hereinafter.

Intermediate the wide calf section a! and the welt H is a section it, which serves to unite the comfortably around the swell of the call of the symmetrical. that this is not necessarily not progress gradually nor construction as disclosed. V I

It will further be observed that in Figure 2, below the, portion zl is shown a tapered portion 25 merging into thevfoot portion I 5, such, however, being the customary construction for-fullfashioned stockings, and

portion 23. I

As is well known the tapered effect of section 25 is obtained by that process of knitting commonly known as narrowing, and which consists in eliminating end needles from the successive courses andthereby obtaining fewer loops and decreasing thewidth of the fabric. For inmade by adding needles, this addition being by uniform increments where a uniform taper is desired. s

It will therefore be obvious that the many advantages of my improved layered welt portion, the portion 2! by the gradual knitting of a tapered introduction of extra needles, and the continuation of the knitting by standard methods,

as desired. with the illustrative. embodiment I have described the Widening of In connection disclosed herein Width as the welt, but forming the loops, so that they are capable of greater expansion, and this effect may also be made progressive.

While I have herein described and illustrated one embodiment ,ilned in the appended claims.

Having described my invention I now claim:

ting throughout, as self-sustaining, and said portionsof the stocking below the welt portion being of relatively light yarn.

2. A full fashioned stocking having a relatively resistant elastic single layer welt portion of relatively heavy yarn and of a loop formation and JOHN M. BO'I'IS. 

